Funny - mortality is something that I never really thought about. But now as my generation becomes the senior generation of our family, mortality is becoming very real to me. And time is important in ways that it never was before.
We've lost so many family and friends - the world is now so different. The morning's sun still greets me as it always has, the flowers still bloom and the birds still sing, but the world is so different. Family heirlooms, photographs, documents and memorabilia have become even more important to me as they are my connection to those that are no longer here.
I don't like this new world, but as life goes on, one must take the good with the bad. It's the natural order of things.
So I cherish what they gave me, am thankful that I knew them and they were part of my life, and hope when I am no longer alive that in some way I will leave this small corner of the world a better place for those who continue on.
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